motley

英 [ˈmɒtli]

美 [ˈmɑːtli]

adj.  混杂的; 杂七杂八的
n.  （丑角穿的）杂色衣服; 小丑

过去分词：motleyed　

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Collins.1 / BNC.18743 / COCA.16138

牛津词典

adj.

• 混杂的；杂七杂八的
  consisting of many different types of people or things that do not seem to belong together
  1. The room was filled with a motley collection of furniture and paintings.
     屋子里摆满了五花八门的家具和绘画。
  2. The audience was a motley crew of students and tourists.
     观众是一群混杂在一起的学生和游客。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 杂七杂八的;混杂的
  You can describe a group of things as amotleycollection if you think they seem strange together because they are all very different.
  1. ...a motley collection of vans, old buses, cattle-trucks, and even a fire engine...
     杂七杂八的一堆车，有运货车、旧公共汽车、运牛车，甚至救火车
  2. The volunteers seem a motley crew.
     志愿者里似乎什么人都有。

双语例句

• There's a motley collection of old furniture in the house we're renting at the moment.
  我们现在租的房子里有一批混杂的旧家具。
• Huck and Jim meet adventure, danger, and a motley cast of characters.
  于是哈克和吉姆一同开始历险的征程，并遇到了许多不同个性的人们。
• Motley crowds and jumbled huts of old Tienstin-view soon after the city was occupied-China.
  混杂的人群和天津市乱七八糟的小房子，在天津被占领后向南门里看。
• A motley group of people attended the meeting.
  到会的人很杂。
• I did not realize how motley are the qualities that go to make up a human being.
  那时我还没认识到一个人的性格是极其复杂的。
• He cuts the blowing, yellow buildings in two, breaks the walls into motley halves;
  他把鼓风的黄色建筑一分为二地切开，把墙壁一半一半地折断成五颜六色；
• At Eastwatch someone had sewn him a motley cloak of beaver pelts, sheepskins, and rabbit fur.
  在东海望有人用海狸皮，绵羊皮，和野兔皮给他缝了一间杂色花衣。
• A motley crew they are, their doings as dark as they are ludicrous ( John Simon)
  他们是一群行踪诡秘，为人荒唐可笑的乌合之众（约翰西蒙）
• Haldon donned a hooded cloak, and Tyrion shed his homemade motley for something drab and grey.
  哈尔顿披上一件连帽斗篷，提利昂则脱下他的自制花衫换上单调灰暗的衣物。
• And now, for the first time in her life, she was facing a complex nature. I did not realize how motley are the qualities that go to make up a human being.
  如今，她生气第一次碰上了一个性格复杂的人。那时我还没认识到一个人的性格是极其复杂的。